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service launched on 3 December 2012. The Pace-supplied receiver provides customers access to free-to-air channels through Freeview, and previously a small selection of pay TV channels could be purchased for 30 days. On 1 March 2017, Igloo closed and the receiver was updated to allow viewers to use
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In July 2016 Sky announced that Igloo will end its transmissions from March 2017. Customers will no longer be able to purchase Igloo Channel Packs, watch Front Row events or Igloo On Demand. Igloo boxes will still be able to receive Freeview channels but without any technical support or the EPG.
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in December 2011. Details were announced on December 8 via a press release. Sky held a 51% share in the venture while TVNZ, the minority shareholder has 49%. TVNZ later sold their shares back to Sky in 2013 before completely exiting the venture in 2014.
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Kordia locally inserted channels were from 30 to 34 which for the Waikato and Bay of Plenty is tvCentral, for Rotorua are TV Rotorua and Info-Rotorua, for Auckland is TV33 and for Whangarei is Channel North.
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on the Front Row channel, as well as stream TV shows and movies using a broadband connection. The device provided by Igloo has the ability to "live pause" when a USB flash drive is inserted (as there is no
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Igloo was originally scheduled to start during the first half of 2012, however, they encountered delays and had to push the launch date back to December 2012. The service offered free-to-air
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The service was targeted at individuals who may not be able to commit to a contract or do not need all of the channels available from the regular Sky pay TV offering.
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All other national Freeview channels spilled over from 20 to 29 and 35 and from 50 to 59 which included timeshifted hour delay channels for
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25), 3010 (HE-AACv2@32 kbit/s – 48000x2), 2110 (teletext subtitle), 1110 (Irdeto key control)
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25), 3006 (HE-AACv2@32 kbit/s – 48000x2), 2106 (teletext subtitle), 1106 (Irdeto key control)
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25), 3004 (HE-AACv2@32 kbit/s – 48000x2), 2104 (teletext subtitle), 1104 (Irdeto key control)
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25), 3001 (HE-AACv2@32 kbit/s – 48000x2), 2101 (teletext subtitle), 1101 (Irdeto key control)
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built into the device). An 8 GB flash drive will allow for around 60 minutes of live pause.
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transport via UHF channel 30 (546 MHz) or 31 (554 MHz). This was separate from the
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DVB encrypted Terrestrial Services on transport 65 via the DTT – Sky New Zealand DVB network
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ordered that groups channels by importance to the service operator as follows.
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Freeview audio only radio channels were from 36 to 39 which includes BaseFM.
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25), 3012 (HE-AACv2@32 kbit/s – 48000x2), 1112 (Irdeto key control)
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General entertainment channels were below 20 which included
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BBC Worldwide soap operas, re-run dramas and comedies
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US and UK re-run sitcoms, stand-up and sketch comedy
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Joint-venture
Sky Network Television
TVNZ
Subscription Television
Auckland
New Zealand
CEO
Chairman
GM
Pay TV
igloo.co.nz
New Zealand
pay TV
Sky Network Television
TVNZ
HD (via terrestrial)
pay-per-view
hard disk drive
DVB-T2
256-QAM
DVB-T
64-QAM
Freeview
virtual channel
TVNZ
TV One
TV2
TVNZ Heartland
TVNZ Kidzone24

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